Prescribed burn planned today at Savannas Preserve State Park

PORT ST. LUCIE — The state may burn 125 acres of woodlands in the Savannas Preserve State Park on Wednesday if the weather permits.

The burn area is east of U.S. 1 and north of Walton Road, according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

The park occasionally burns portions of the park to reduce the amount of dead material on the ground and to foster the growth of grasses and other plants. The burning is an attempt to mimic the natural fires that burned when Florida was a wilderness.